Allround Andhra hammer Kerala
Andhra Pradesh dished out an allround show to beat an inform Kerala by six wickets in an Elite Group E match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament here on Sunday.
Kerala, who had won their first three matches in the group, managed to score 112/4 after being asked to bat first.
Andhra then overhauled the target in 17.1 overs, with opener Ashwin Hebbar top-scoring with a
46-ball 48.
Kerala lost both openers, Robin Uthhapa (8) and Mohammed Azharuddeen
(12) cheaply and were in a spot of bother at 28/2. It soon became 30/3 after skipper Sanju Samson (7) also perished early.
Andhra’s chase was anchored by right-handed opener Hebbar, who hammered six boundaries and a six, despite losing partners at the other end.
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Andhra fetched points for the win.
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In Chennai, Bihar thrashed Manipur by nine wickets in a Plate Group match to register their fourth straight win.
Bihar opted to field first and restrict Manipur to 105 for eight in 20 overs.
Chasing, opener Shasheem Rathour hammered an unbeaten 60 and shared a 61-run secondwicket stand with Babul Kumar to take Bihar home in 17.1 overs. — PTI
BRIEF SCORES
Kerala 112/4 in 20 overs (Sachin Baby 51 not out; Manish Golamaru 2/19) lost to Andhra Pradesh 113/4 in 17.1 overs (Ashwin Hebbar 48, Ambati Rayudu 38 not out; Jalaj Saxena
2/9).
■ Mumbai 94 all out in 19 overs (Shivam Dube 28; Santha Moorthy 5/20, A. Aravinddaraj
2/20) lost to Puducherry 95/4 in
19 overs (S. Karthik 26; Shivam Dube 2/8).